Frosted Cream Cheese Banana Bars

Heavenly Frosted Cream Cheese Banana Bars have just the right amount of ingredients, which makes them so hard to resist! These fluffy banana bars are made with banana, vanilla Greek yogurt, vanilla flavors and paired with a creamy cream cheese frosting!

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Same ole' story...ripe bananas need to be used.  BOOM!  They wanted to be used, so I used them good.  And might I say...even they would even like the outcome.  I did you proud bananas with my Frosted Banana Bars! Here's 25 Delicious Recipes for Ripe Bananas!  These are all awesome!

The really creamy, divine cream cheese frosting paired with light and fluffy banana bars is REALLY ducky! 🙂 If you don't know what 'ducky' is?  It means, it's all good!  Kind of an old school adjective that a friend I used to work with, said all the time.  I always thought it was a funny term!

This recipe is not too over the top super banana flavored and has a fluffy, sponge cake texture.  They are the perfect snacking bars for afternoon dessert with coffee.

Long Story Short?  I gobbled these banana bars with cream cheese frosting up like nobody's business. No wonder my husband was like..."You're eating them again?"  Umm...Crap!  *Busted again Folks!*  (I highly think he needs to stay out of my biz...ya know?)

Ingredients You Need

Banana Bars Recipe

• sugar
• unsalted butter
• egg
• Greek yogurt
• vanilla
•  flour
• baking soda
• salt
• *1 - 2 medium ripe mashed bananas depending on how much banana flavor you want (I used 1 banana)

Cream Cheese Frosting

• cream cheese 
• butter 
• vanilla extract
• powdered sugar
• Heavy cream if you want it more creamy

How to Make Easy Banana Bars 

Banana Bars

1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
2. Using mixer, cream sugar, butter and eggs.
3. Add in yogurt and vanilla and mix until combined.
4. Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, then add to wet ingredients.
5. Stir in ripe mashed banana.
6. Pour into a 9x13 baking pan lined with tin foil, leaving sides higher on opposite sides to pull out of pan easily or grease pan.
7. Bake for 20 minutes.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Mix all ingredients together, then spread over cooled cake.
2. Cut and serve, then keep remainder cake bars in refrigerator.

Pro Tips:

• Use only 1 banana for light and fluffier bars.
• By using 2 bananas, bars will be more dense and more banana flavored. Both delish, just depends what texture you want!

Double the recipe of this Heavenly Frosted Banana Bars and you get a nice large sheet cake for large gatherings. Perfectly acceptable for breakfast or as I like to think, anytime 24/7.

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So who's ready for a slice of heaven or two of this banana bars recipe with cream cheese frosting?  You will enjoy! Happy Baking.

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Heavenly Frosted Banana Bars

Kim Lange

Heavenly Frosted Banana Bars have just the right amount of ingredients, which makes it so hard to resist all those wonderful mellow tones of banana, vanilla Greek yogurt, vanilla and cream cheese frosting....awe yum!

3.75 from 8 votes

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Course Dessert

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Ingredients

  

• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• 1 egg
• ½ cup Greek Yogurt
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch salt
• 1-2 ripe ripe mashed bananas medium sized

Frosting

• 4 oz cream cheese softened
• ⅓ cup butter soft
• 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• Optional: 2 tablespoons Heavy cream if you want it more creamy

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
• Using mixer, cream sugar, butter and eggs.
• Add in yogurt and vanilla and mix until combined.
• Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, then add to wet ingredients.
• Stir in ripe mashed banana.
• Pour into a 9x13 baking pan lined with tin foil, leaving sides higher on opposite sides to pull out of pan easily or grease pan.
• Bake for 20 minutes.

Cream Cheese Frosting

• Mix all ingredients together, then spread over cooled cake.
• Cut and serve, then keep remainder cake bars in refrigerater.

Notes

• 1 banana for light and fluffier bars.
• 2 bananas will make it a little more dense. Both delish!

Keyword banana, bars, cream cheese frosting

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